I was going to name this work as (Before the Battle) because my first inspiration made me draw the face stressed out, but i wanted to use the source image in more than just texturing, so i decided to make that evil character which imposed upon me changing the name, there were few options those related to wars and can match my entry, so i picked this one because this evil character represents war makers.

I spent hours and hours painting this to get the original concept i was thinking about, some flaws must be made during the painting process, therefore feed back is appreciated.

Many thanks to silegl69 from sxc.hu for his permission on the statue photo.

Edit: Further modifications have been done. (5 years and 950 days ago)

Great idea author,and fantastic execution...your made small mistake in writing,it should be wrote "public enemy"...best of luck

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author says:

>erathion,........oopz,......that's silly,.........but, just consider that during the period of the so called wild west time, most people there were less uneducated, so to speak............LOLS and LOs......

Great textures to look antique. And, I kind of like the spelling error. As author said, probably many people didn't have a great education back then, so this might have happened. That guy really looks rough!!! GL

This is a good job. I only have one observation: the edges of the hat shouldn't be maybe so evenly washed out. The text has some parts less visible, "erased", some are more pronounced and that's ok, I think it should apply to the hat too...

Fun idea. Text on top of the image seems anachronistic, plus it makes a key part of the message hard to read. Stencil font for the 'WANTED' also seems out of place. (That must be one bad dude to warrant such a huge reward back when a dollar was actually worth something!)

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jawshoewhah [banned] says:

Nice work! One of the best I've seen and a unique idea. This definitely defines the Wild West. GL!